A complete practice paper for AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2, using two fascinating sources relating to women’s football. In addition, I have created a PowerPoint presentation to be used either as a walk-through lesson with GCSE students or feedback lesson once students have completed the paper. Enjoy!

This is a collection of high-quality model essays for the ‘Othello’ question on the AQA ‘Love Through the Ages’ paper for A-level English Literature. They have been written by a highly-skilled teacher with many years’ experience of A-level teaching, so this is the perfect resource with which to support, challenge and inspire your students.

A range of model essays, written to stretch, challenge and raise aspirations for all students, for comparative analytical tasks based on the AQA ‘Power and conflict’ poetry anthology. Who knows, perhaps one of these poems will be selected by AQA this summer, in which case these essays might be the perfect preparation for your students aiming at grades 7, 8 and 9! Hopefully you find them useful.

An extract from Hanif Kureishi’s novel, ‘The Buddha of Suburbia’, and a full AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1-style examination paper, including the writing section (Question 5). In addition, there is a PowerPoint feedback lesson to accompany the assessment materials, as well as a separate PowerPoint to assist students with Question 5 (writing to describe) and a worksheet designed to help answer Question 4 (‘A student has said…’ etc.).

A complete mock AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 question paper that I have put together using an extract from Khalid Hosseini’s powerful ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’, in addition to an accompanying PowerPoint that walks students through each question: it can either be used as a feedback lesson or as a whole-class walk-through for exam preparation. Hopefully you find it useful!

A complete practice paper (questions 1 to 5 - i.e. reading and writing sections) for the AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 exam, based on an extract from William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’. In addition, there is an accompanying PowerPoint, either to use as a walk-through with your class or as a feedback lesson when students have completed the assessment.

A detailed and engaging PowerPoint lesson to be used either as feedback for the ‘Mr Fisher’ AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 or to work through with your GCSE students as part of exam preparation. Hopefully you find it useful!

A comprehensive guide to Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Feminine Gospels’, a set poetry text for AQA’s English Literature A-level Paper 2 (Texts in Shared Contexts). Notes are organised according to Duffy’s main ideas and messages, language techniques and aspects of form/structure. An incredibly useful guide for students - and teachers - getting to grips with Duffy’s collection.

A complete mock AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 question paper that I have put together using an extract from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel ‘The Great Gatsby’, in addition to an accompanying PowerPoint that walks students through each question: it can either be used as a feedback lesson or as a whole-class walk-through for exam preparation. Hopefully you find it useful!

A series of resources that prepare GCSE students for the ‘Macbeth’ section of the English Literature exam. First, an exam-style extract question based on Act 3 Scene 2 of the play, focusing on how Shakespeare presents Macbeth as an ‘evil character’. Then, a PowerPoint walking students through the task. There are also a series of anonymous student responses for classes to read and mark, deciding on a grade and reasons for it. A perfect resource for any Year 10 or Year 11 group studying ‘Macbeth’ and preparing for the GCSE English Literature exam.

A complete mock AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 that I have put together using a 2001 article about 9/11 and an extract from Mary Seacole’s autobiography, accompanied by a PowerPoint that can EITHER be used for a feedback lesson after students complete the paper OR as a whole-class walk-through for exam preparation. Hopefully you find this useful!

Perfect for studying and revision of Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’ as part of the AQA GCSE English Literature course. There is a PowerPoint presentation and booklet for each of the key characters in the play, covering language/structure analysis, Priestley’s message and links to the socio-cultural context of 1912 society. Each booklet contains the key quotations for that character, and students use prompt questions to make notes on each quotation: the PowerPoint presentations guide students on what to write and how to develop ideas in detail.

A complete mock AQA GCSE Language Paper 1 question paper that I have put together using an extract from Sebastian Faulks’ novel 'Birdsong’, in addition to an accompanying PowerPoint that walks students through each question: it can either be used as a feedback lesson or as a whole-class walk-through for exam preparation. Hopefully you find it useful!

A fun form time activity, this EPIC quiz recaps what happened over the summer holiday, the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, summer music hits and celebrity faces obscured by hats and shades! Enjoy - hopefully it helps to kick off the new term in a fun, engaging and slightly silly way.

A mega Christmas Quiz, perfect for secondary school classes to end a stressful Autumn term - complete with a film round, music round, bonus music round, Secret Santas and much more. Audio clips from some of the biggest songs of 2020, questions about the year’s biggest news stories, celebrities with Santa beards and hats, still images from films, etc. - enjoy! Merry Christmas!

This is the ideal resource for your Year 10 and Year 11 students, featuring a model, grade 9 paragraph about each of the main characters in Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’, key aspects of context, important themes with linked quotations and the playwright’s key messages. This revision map - or knowledge organiser - covers everything your GCSE students need to excel in the ‘An Inspector Calls’ section of the English Literature exam. Enjoy!

This is the perfect guide to Section C (Unseen Poetry) of the AQA A-level English Literature Paper 1 (‘Love Through the Ages’) exam. Your students will find it incredibly helpful, since the model plans, model essays and poems with which to practise their own essay-writing leaves them in no doubt as to how to approach this component. Enjoy!

If your A-level English Literature students study Carol Ann Duffy’s brilliant ‘Feminine Gospels’, then this collection of detailed essay plans covers everything they need to know. On the basis of these plans, all students will be able to create an essay worthy of an A* grade! Hopefully you find it useful. Enjoy!